In keeping with the nature of blogging, this post is meandering, unpolished, spontaneous, consists of mediocre writing and begins with a statement announcing that it is so ;-)

Lunchtime presentation at SSI today: bicycling! A couple of bicycling nuts showed us handy tools, passed out maps, tips on bike maintenance, lighting for night riding, etc. and talked about Community Cycles. There are several frequent bicyclers at SSI but i am probably the only totally year-round one, even in the coldest part of winter.

More about Community Cycles: video at brightcove.
brief story at Your Hub/Lafayette. What is this new-fangled "Your Hub" thing? Apparently there's a Hub for every town in the region, including Boulder. I look for other towns i've visited or have some familarity with, like Evergreen and Niwot. I don't see Buena Vista or Salida or Fort Collins. Is it just towns within a certain distance of Denver? Lots of blogs to surf through, maybe find a good few to check on periodically.

Former Hoosier and bicycling nut Brian Phillips blogged about vegetarian eating. From somewhere in the middle:


But the stint I served as a cook in a steak & seafood restaurant would give me horrors that lasted the rest of my life, and completely destroyed any carcass-chewing desires for the remainder of my days. At this establishment, all of the steaks were cut fresh daily from large sections of choice beef. The life-altering day came when the manager was carving into one of the hunks and....

Read the rest here.

As i mentioned before, i'm best described as
"Flexitarian" but i think now maybe a little less of the flex, after such reminders on the virtues of going veggie.